Campus life

It’s easy to spot potential Chinquapin students. They arrive in old cars overflowing with siblings and abuelas. At first, the family is shy and nervous, wondering if what they have heard about the school – that it clears a path out of poverty for...

Chinquapin Preparatory School provides a challenging, college-preparatory education to motivated youth from low-income families in the Houston area. It is the only low-income boarding school in Texas. Chinquapin is privately managed and funded.